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S 5154 117th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance

Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022

Introduced: November 30, 2022 Introduced by: Van Hollen, Chris Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
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Strengthening the African Continental Free Trade Area Act of 2022 or the Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022

This bill requires the President to direct the U.S. Trade Representative to develop a 10-year federal strategy to promote the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Additionally, the U.S. Agency for International Development must establish an AfCFTA Trade Capacity Building Program to support the implementation of the strategy.

What's happening now November 30, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5154: Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5154/
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"S. 5154: Strengthening the AfCFTA Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5154/.
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S. 5154, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5154/.
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